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No 149

Double bearing Crab (English preserving)

[sketch of apple]

New Series
1818.

This is an apple below the midling size. The form is
flat, the skin red with some small spots of a russet
cast. The flesh is dry, hard and acid of a 
very firm texture, fit for preserving, without much juices.
The Tree is tall, round and spreading, of a handsome
growth. The fruit ripens in the Winter.
The Stem is short, and planted in a cavity of medium depth
surrounded with a russet, strongly contrasted with the bright
and deep scarlet of the skin.
        